Toot' n gata

by Piripi Whaanga Whanau

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1.
Mana Momona 03:08
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2.
What Ya Doing 05:04
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What Ya Doing “Soul mates on the tee, don’t know how I’ll go today. Too much life the nights before, too much traffic on the way. Do we play it as it lies, is there placing on the way? I’ll take a ring on that my dear, let’s not get held up with slow play. (Chorus) What ya doing over there? Kei hea koe? Ahakoa ka haere ki hea. What What ya doing over there?” What's plain-sailing from the drive, is kinda rough when you're there. When you hear the call from home, in your heart of hearts you're there. Chorus Practice range ain't the same. The difference s quite clear. Never thought to use the key, you kindly left me there. Chorus When they're stacking up behind, you have to call the players through. No legal standing on your pwn. That's why one and one is two. Chorus I said hello some years ago. Been keeping you to myself.
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Taradise 04:00
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4.
Success 04:54
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Success (from CD Toot n’ gata 2002) “It’s all one tune, written for the family, mostly at nights when they can’t get away. Just like Harry it’ll go on forever, bedtime stories banana Jose. He started life as china shoe, living in a cupboard as china do, six years ago it wasn’t so silly, Daddy and daughter me and you. (Chorus) Yes I think I’ve made it. Success it quickly faded, but I don’t know how. Josie’s on the phone, whipping up a treat. All my callers just get beep beep beep. Hana’s camped under the sofa tonight. Joseph’s downstairs putting up a fight. A hit-up the middle, gives him a serve. Ref’s having a shocker, sweeeeerve. Abe’s on his bike, going which way, left or right he’ll make you pay. Still on the phone Josie’s not through. Ring up for your beep beep beep, can’t get through to you. I’m all played out, singing on a star. Both sides now is where you are. Little tin soldier, bedtime rhymes. Little tin soldier, how many times? (Chorus) Kahu’s with his mum when this song was wrote. He talks like that and lives to float, upon his board that’s half Abe’s too, a bargain basement china shoe. We’re all played out singing on a star. Both sides now is where you are. Little tin soldier, bedtime rhymes. Little tin soldier, how many times? (Chorus) So when you can reach me on the phone, I’ll have killed off the teenagers living at home. These tunes will have to do their time, till they come out in some other daddy’s rhyme. “Here’s a song my dad used to sing to me,” come home from school can’t find the key. Groping in the shed, down on my knees. Is this my life pleeeeease. (Chorus)
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Seven Years of Plenty 03:41
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Fumble On The Way 02:11
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Fumble on the way “Janet returned long ago, it was a pleasure. Bali beach resort just two to go. The flight came in, my ship did too, Jo got her mummy back but not for you. They’re covering the ground before they go. A short stop there, a fumble on the way. Life happens when you look the other way.”
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Loves Kindness 03:10
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8.
We were like 05:24
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I We were like “You and I we just get older, and lined, the dreams gets colder. Its fires leap the soul dark, till all that’s left is but a spark. It’s you and I.”
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Face 04:36
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Alicia 03:07
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Alicia Aug 1980 “Your face, your race. They’ve put your picture on my wall. Yeah they found out, that you’d been hanging out, hanging out and had to fall. They’ll find you yet, and it’s inside you’ll get, cause you’ve been living on the street. And nobody great or small. Can ever take you off that wall. You’re just a fixture on the beat.” It'd all wrapped up in me, but your hypocrisy, drives me to that wall. I don't want the killer free, we all have kids you see, and the hate is in us all. And in the dark of night, someone put ojut the light. Now I'm staring at your face on my wall. It's your face. It's my race. Not your face
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Kaitakawaenga 03:16
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Kaitakawaenga 1998 “Kaitakawaenga, just a long word to say. People in between hammered for crown pay. A long white crowd that promised much, settling rain healing touch, covering the ground, they called today. And you can count on that, home counting one by one. There’s not an ounce of fat, Tatauranga, Census on the run. Back in 95, Statistics New Zealand said, ‘Nationwide we’ll get you read.’ Two languages under your belt, partnership seen and felt. Maori and English side by side in bed. And you can count on that.”
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Fear The Lord 04:27
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about

The album Toot 'n gata from 2003, owes its title to a Scottish mispronunciation of Tu Tangata.

All songs written by Piripi Whaanga

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released August 19, 2014

Piripi - guitar, percussion and vocals
Hana Whaanga - backing vocals

Recording and production by Willy Morrison (love that ride)

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Piripi Whaanga Whanau New Zealand

Irish/NZ Maori
leprechauns/
mischief makers ...a family of musicians and singers from down in the Pacific.

Original songs of contemporary New Zealand/
Aotearoa told through the journeys of the Piripi Whaanga Whanau. ... more

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